9/03/2011

Achieving mastery of The Piano

By Andy Penbram


Here is some info for any amateur piano player who wants to move onto more advanced piano lessons and really master the piano or keyboards. This could be a journey from beginners level passing thru intermediate and advanced levels till finally arriving at true master piano player level. On this path there are unhappily too many scholars who never get past the 1st most principal beginners level.

The 1st levels of piano or keyboard playing can be grouped into 2 separate kinds, people who learn to read music and those who learn to play by ear without music. The beginner piano player who learns to read music will at first learn how to find all of the notes on the keyboard and associate them with the written notes on the musical staff. Easy tunes can then be performed by reading the music. The player who learns to play by ear will also learn the way to find the notes on the keyboard and might even learn 1 or 2 basic chords at this time as well.

With every one of the notes learned the beginner can now move forward onto an intermediate phase. This can often entail learning to play a few more tough pieces for the pianist who is learning how to read music. This may entail reading off two staves and playing with both hands at the same time. Essential chord progressions and rhythms using both hands at once is what awaits the scholar who is learning how to play by ear.

At the more advanced levels of playing the music reader will need to learn some fairly hard pieces which will stretch their talents and physically bolster the fingers and the coordination. The scholar who has chosen to play by ear will by this time be playing melodies integrated into the chord progressions. It's going to be very probable that at this level they are going to be able to play most tunes that they hear and to also discover the chords with little effort.

To advance on to master level the two different methods of learning are generally combined. Playing by ear and reading music both come naturally to the true master. Every one of the two methods have their benefits and drawbacks. Numerous players who've learned to read music will become technically especially skilled but might lack expression and emotion. The opposite can be believed for the student who learns how to play only by ear, they'd find it hard to be more technical and will lack the discipline that makes the scholar who has learned how to read music. There should be no problem for the real master to be in a position to read music and play by ear in the same way.

There are many home study programs available for download for amateur and intermediate students that will help you move onto the more advanced levels of playing. The best thing about these courses is that they have video and audio files so you can be taught as if you had a piano teacher right there in your place.

Most serious of all however is that nearly all of the best programs will teach you the simplest way to read music and how to play by ear at the same time. Being taught like this you will have the foundation to move ahead onto much higher levels and will have the benefits of the two methods of learning right from the start




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